Mechanical connection.



110,846,318. )PATENTED MAR. 5,1907.

L. T. KLINE.

MECHANICAL CONNECTION. APPLIOATION FILED 41m. BL 1906.

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WIECHANICAL CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed August 8, 1906. Serial No. 329,737.

To all whom it 711/1 7 concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS T. KLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alpena, in the county of Alpena and State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Connections, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical connections between a prime moverand a reciprocatory element and is particularly adapted for use inmachines for manufacturing excelsior, and aims to provide in suchmachine a new and improved means in a manner as hereinafter set forthfor operatively connecting the cutting frame or slide of the machine toa prime mover, so that the frame or slide Will reciprocate in a regularand continuous manner, or, in other words, so that the frame or slidewill travel without any jerky or irregular movement during thereciprocations thereof.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, an operative connection between the prime mover and thereciprocatory element which will be strong, durable, efficient in itsuse, preventing any irregularities during the travel of the frame, andreadily set up with respect to the machine.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in theacompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of theinvention; but it is to be understood that changes, variations, andmodifications can be resorted to which come within the scripe of theclaims hereunto appended.

n describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a side elevation of a portion of a machine showing the operativeconnection between a prime mover and the reciprocatory element, asshown, a portion of a cutting frame or slide. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1looking toward the prime mover.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 3 denotes one end ofa machineframe, having secured thereto a supportingyoke 4 for the endsof two pairs of guide-bars 5 6. Each pair of guide-bars extends in alinks 1 6.

longitudinal direction from the frame, and the guide-bar 5 is arrangedabove the guidebar 6 and is suitably spaced apart, so that theguide-bars 5 6 of each pair constitute tracks for the shoes 7. The otherends of the pairs of guide-bars 5 6 are supported by a yoke 8, which issecured to the foundation for the machine-frame.

The reference character 9 denotes a crank, having a wrist-pin 10, thecrank being connected to a prime mover 11. To the wristpin 10 of thecrank is attached one end of a pitman-rod 12, whilethe other end of saidrod 12 has fixed thereto, by the holdfast devices 13, a hollow cap 14,the said cap projecting from the end of the pitman 12. The cap 14 isadapted to be positioned between the shoes 7, as well as being connectedthereto by a pin 15, which extends through suitable openings in theshoes. The pin 15 is fixed to the outer ends of a pair of links 16,there being a link 16 upon each side of the cap 14. Within the hollowcap 14 are arranged brasses 17 for the pin 15, and the said brasses arefixed in position through the medium of the wedge 18. An opening 19 isprovided to enable the driving home of the Wedge 18, and an opening 20is provided to enable the lubricating of the pin 15. By such anarrangement it is evident that when the crank 9 is rotated areciprocating movement will be imparted to the pitman 12, which in turnwill impart a like movement to the shoes 7 and links 16.

Depending from the lower face of a reciprocatory element 21, as shown, aportion of the cutting frame or slide of an excelsiormachine is a hanger22, provided with a square opening 23, and the said hanger 22 ispositioned between the inner ends of the The inner ends of the links 16carry a pin 24, which extends through the opening 23 in the hanger 22and is connected to the hanger 22 by means of a plate 25, secured to thesaid hanger by the holdfast de vices 26 and,furthermore, by the brasses27 and wedge 28. The brasses 27 are mounted within the opening 23 of thehanger 22 and retained therein by the plate 25. The wedge 28 acts as ameans for retaining the brasses 27 fast. An opening 29 is provided inthe plate to permit of driving the wedge 28 home.

From the foregoing construction it is evident that the operativeconnection for the frame or slide 21 will when the pitman is operatedcause a more even movement of the frame or slide than if the pitman wasdirectly connected at one end to the slide and at the other end to thewrist. The interposition of the links 16 causes, as has been found inpractice, the reciprocation of the frame or slide to be even and not inany manner irregular, so that even and continuous cuts can be had.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a mechanical connection, the combination with a reciprocatoryelement, of a hanger depending therefrom and provided with an opening, aplate secured to the hanger, a pin extending through the opening in thehanger, bearings for the pin mounted within the opening and supported bythe plate, means arranged within the opening for adjusting the bearings,means extending through the plate for shifting said adjusting means, apair of links positioned one at each side of the hanger and connected tosaid pin, a reciprocatory pitinan, a pair of guide-shoes, a pinextending through one end of the pitman and guide-shoes and connected tothe links, bearings carried by the pitrnan for the last-mentioned pin,and adjustable means for the bearings.

2. In a mechanical connection, the combination with a reciprocatoryelement, of a hanger depending therefrom, a pair of links between whichthe hanger extends, a pin extending through the hanger and connected tothe links, adjustable bearings carried by the hanger for the links, areciprocatory pitman, a pair of guide-shoes arranged between the links,a pin extending through one end of the pitnian and through the shoes andsecured to the links for connecting the links to the pitman, andadjustable bearings for the pin carried by one end of the pitman.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LEWIS T. KLINE.

Witnesses N. L. BOGAN, CHAS. S. I'IYER.

